Monday, October 6th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • South Carolina judge’s house destroyed by fire; officials investigating cause (MO NEWS)

  • Supreme court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell appeal (MO NEWS)

  • Court to hear free-speech clash over Colorado “conversion therapy” ban Tuesday (CBS)

  • Treasury names Social Security head as CEO of IRS (CNN)

  • Nashville skydiving instructor dead after falling without parachute (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Greta Thunberg, 170 other activists from Gaza-bound flotilla deported from Israel (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • France’s prime minister resigns, again, sparking call from the far-right for new national elections (CBS)

  • More than 200 hikers still stranded as blizzard hits Mount Everest (NBC)

  • ICC makes the first conviction over past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News after The Free Press acquired by Paramount Skydance (MO NEWS)

  • AMD announces major partnership with OpenAI for AI computing infrastructure (FOX)

  • The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries (AP)

  • CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendations, suggests separate MMRV shots (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Rush announce reunion tour five years after the death of drummer Neil Peart (AP)

  • Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ rocks box office with $33M (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • Bad Bunny responds to Super Bowl critics, urges them to learn Spanish in Saturday Night Live monologue (VARIETY)

  • Ex-quarterback Mark Sanchez now facing felony charge for altercation (ESPN)

  • Gilmore Girls Turns 25, drawing fans to small town Connecticut (NPR)


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Friday, October 3rd